Picked up an Aer Travel Pack 3 Small (for my girl) and Day Sling 3 at the NYC Grand Opening this weekend. Here are a few thoughts.
Location:
Location was super easy to get to by subway. You can take the F/M to 2nd Ave or Lafayette/Broadway and just walk a block or two east or west depending on which you choose. The store is right at the top of soho so we had plenty of other shops to browse in after stopping at Aer.
Store Layout:
The store is super small. Maybe like 300 square feet for the customer section with the bags. Bags are on platforms on the sides and back wall for customers to handle as they please. The reps encourage you to take the bag to a middle table/platform where there is more space to lay products down and examine. Selection was fine because it seemed like (nearly?) all product lines were out but if you wanted to see a specific material you had to ask and they’d get it from the back.
Customer Service:
This one I am kind of weary to review, as I only worked with …
Like many of you, I have more bags than I have uses for, so I’m going to post 3 of my bags (categorized in tiers) per week until… well, until I run out of bags, along w some brief thoughts on each bag.
Next up for Week 7:
Evergoods Panel Loader Classic (PLC20)
Tom Bihn Road Buddy Duffel 36L
Tom Bihn Cafe Bag (Large)
Another Day, Another Bag. Trakke Bairn
Another day, another bag. This time with the Trakke Bairn on dried canvass with a g-hook
Thank you!
Rothco Equipment bag at goodwill for $6.99, regularly $31.99
In NYC over the weekend for a work trip. Figured I’d stop by the new AER store for their opening weekend event. Ended up walking out with a Day Sling 3 in X-Pac! The free gift (keychain) with purchase is pretty cool too!
I like your community, so I’d love to share my packing list for the trip I start next week. As stated in the title, I will stay for one month traveling Iraq and the Kurdish territories. The cat is not part of the packing list, but too curious to exclude from the photo.
What I would appreciate? Kind wishes for my journey are always welcome, also if I do forget something critical, I’d love a hint.
Carry-on: - Passport - vaccination pass - USD - address book - travel journal
Backpack: - Go Pro Camera - head lamp - plug adapters, charger - sunglasses - first aid kit - Pens, calligraphy pen - deodorant, toothpaste, brush etc. - Street Map of Iraq - Tape - sewing kit - a lock - earplugs - 5x T-Shirts, 5x Socks, 5x Underwear - 4x formal shirts - 1x Bowtie - 1x sweater - 1x light rain jacket - 1x Jeans - 1x formal pants - 1x Outdoor pants - 1x Belt - 1x Shoes, formal - 1x Shoes, outdoor
Cloud: - all documents scanned - flight tickets
I see so many people say they choose bags without water bottle pockets because they don’t like the look of them, but for me it sacrifices so much in terms of function that I’d never go without them.
For me decent water bottle holders are the number one important feature to have on a bag. They are the ultimate quick access pouches that just make my life quicker, easier and more efficient in so many ways.
I use mine daily for quickly accessing my gym water bottle in one pocket and rolled up gym clothes in another without ever needing to open the bag. It’s also the perfect place to store an umbrella during city commutes on rainy days, or a tech pouch full of my laptop peripherals when working from a coffee shop. I also use it all the time to put my coffee flask, and to stash items like a beanie and gloves for when the weather quickly changes. Also great for quickly stuffing wet clothes or trash in them (ideally inside a plastic bag). Oh, and they’re amazing for …
Pouches like these are my best friend whilst Onebagging. They are useful and nifty can be transferred from backpack to backpack and can genuinely fit quite a bit.
I use mine for wallets, snacks, quick medical pouches, phone, money, keys.
They work better for backpacks that don’t have that quick easy pouch. And hell you could even rock two at the same time if you wanted!
This is just an appreciation post for pouches that clip to your backpacks incase you didn’t know they existed.
Tropicfeel offer a sunglasses pouch AlpakaGear (pictured) offer a Metro Pouch but is HotPink only in the UK Gossamer Gear offer one Mammut Fjallraven
And there are many more cheaper alternatives! Not using it? they pack down really light and can just be stuffed in your backpack or pocket.
Appreciation post? Completed it ✅
It’s seen as a hack but I’m here to say that it’s more than that, and (depending on your needs) is among the best ways to pack.
TL;DR It makes a better pillow, easier to carry and frees up A LOT of space and weight in a bag.
For me it started with a long overnight flight and trying to sleep, which gave me not rest but neck suffering. So I went out and bought a neck pillow. Memory foam fells nice but provides close to no support making it useless (for me). That got me thinking, what can I stuff into its case that would be soft enough but also firm enough? Like… clothes, that I already have.
So it never was about saving space or weight in a main bag for me, but I’ve learned a few things along the way.
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Why Are Pants So Big (Again)? being very petite, skinny will always be my jam.
Week three. We’re back this week to get to actual clothing. Shit you wear on your body. Let’s talk pants- Bombtwill in particular. It’s no secret that I am a hater of jeans. I’ve recently given them another shot amid the return of raw denim intrigue and found that I still have a strong hatred toward them, so it’s time to give more love to the better wearing structured pant material from OUTLIER.
Bombtwill is like the synthetic answer to hard-wearing jeans. I don’t think they are meant to be compared so literally, but for my daily use, Bombtwill does everything I would want from a pair of jeans. Windproof, heavy structure, and indestructible- Bombtwill has all of this with the benefit of water resistance and a mild stretch to the fabric that makes for an easy grab and go type of pant. They might melt in high heat, but as long as you don’t plan on catching on fire, you should be fine.
Anyways, let’s talk plastic pants- the OUTLIER specialty.
The perfect …
Experiment 424 - Sterling Silver Doubleswanhook Belt
A 925 sterling silver belt buckle experiment. The buckle comes with 11 varieties of custom paracord 550 (plus black), but can transform almost any 4mm cord into a two strand rope belt. There is no reason to buy this beyond the pure materiality of it all and maybe to keep your pants up.
A hard working pant in our quietly bombproof Strongtwill fabric. Relaxed workwear fit with counterintuitively elegant details; a hidden shank, angled-on-seam pockets, oversized belt loops and a discrete dime pocket in the rear. Made in Manhattan and lighter than the Bombworks.
Are both dreamweight normie, and ramie tee typically restocked in early summer or are there futures relatively uncertain? Trying to figure out which of the tees normie, ramie, ultrafine merino to get for summer.